Ahmeds Meeting

Our officers are so excited about this year that instead of taking the month of July off from meeting and getting things planned and started for ULTI. Ahmed our College Pres. Took it upon himself to set up a meeting for all the officers that could make it. It was a great success and hats off to Ahmed... there were only 5 or 6 officers that made it but they got some brainstorming started and some great planning done. We had it at the Noahs Confrence center in Lindon.. and No I don't want to talk about how google map gave me the wrong directions and I drove around in circles in American Fork, Pleasant Grove, and Lindon with no air conditioner or phone for like an hour before I finally said i'm going to go to this convention center I know of and hope that it and yup I was right... guess I should have stuck with my gut instinct on that one. would have saved me a lot of time and gas and sweat. haha. We talked about the duties of each office and what is expected of them through the year. We talked about our Can drive for the fall and our KickOff event that will be happening at ULTI this year. after the meeting a bunch of the kids left cause they had get home but those of us who stayed introduced Bob to Facebook and watched the end Wild Hogs before heading over to the Pizza Factory to enjoy us some delicious food. All in all a very productive SkillsUSA meeting!

Nationals

Nationals this year took place June 22-26 in Kansas City. All of us that had the opportunity to go had a blast. Kimberlee Judd and I (Rachel) went a few days early and attended the 101-201 training were we got to meet a bunch of students and advisors from across the nation. The advisors put on a How not to dress when attending SkillsUSA functions. I was dressed as how not to come to your monthly meetings and wow was I hit... after the skit I felt like a movie star Cameras flashing people jumping in front of me just to get a pic... I don't know what all the fuss was about. haha. Also while we were there a bunch of the officers competed in various competitions.

Prepared Speech: Anthony Mitchell (High School), Justin Workman (College Post Secondary- Took the GOLD MEDAL! congrats!) Both speeches were AMAZING.

Opening and Closing Ceremonies: Crystal Moore, Hannah Holtry (Weber High School team, Took the BRONZE medal! Congrats Girls!)

Video Productions: Kelsey MacKintosh (Lehi High School team, Took the SILVER medal. YAY!)

also Kimberlee Judd ran for National Officer in the High School Division. and well she won. so Kimberlee Judd is now our Region V.P. a very big CONGRATS to her. She worked hard compaigning all week and did a great job. This also means that Meghan Bingelli has been promoted to High School State President congrats to her as well.

Also a special shout out to our girl Jeslyn who went to nationals and helped out as a delegate and also did 56 pushups for the army people and won an i-pod... one super tough cookie!

We also hit up Worlds of Fun. the amuesment park they have there. We had tons of fun on the roller coasters, and the water rides. We got soaking wet and my freshly dyed red hair quickly turned my white t-shirt a lovely shade of pink!. . . it's all good though cause I love pink! At one point Kim, Bob, and Anthony all traveled off to go play some of the games they have. When Justin, Mallory (Justin's wife) and I showed up they quickly told me to throw a few ( they were playing the game where you have to get the softball in the milk jug. well I tried once... no luck... twice... sunk it. the ball simply just went in. Meaning I won a 15 foot long stuffed snake. Yes it did come back home to Utah on the airplane. Oh we also found the most amazing place to eat. It is called T-Rex cafe and it's like the Rain Forest cafe but Dinosaurs and cooler. It was at an outside mall and unfortunately when we got done eating and were planning on doing some shopping it down poured. By down pour I mean you were soaked in mere seconds. Bob and Clark were glad because it meant they didn't have to wait for us to shop. Haha. So we hid out in the Nike store for awhile. Before quickly hitting the chocolate store and back to the van. It was a Super Hot , super Humid, and Super Fun trip. I would definately recommend it to anyone and everyone. Start saving next year will be here before you know it.

Here are a few pics. If you want to see them all find our group on facebook: Utah SkillsUSA

CTSO

In June the Officers get together with all the other CTSO State Officers and have a 2 day training on leadership and what it means to be a State Officer. This is also the first time the officers meet each other. This year it was at the Plaza Hotel in downtown Salt Lake City. The officers had a great time learning from the Trainer Todd Gehrman "GRR" They learned Problem Solving and what it means to work as a team. Also why they were their we assigned them their positions on the team.

Your College Post Secondary Officers are:

Ahmed Elmadhoun-President, Justin Workman-Vice Pres., Megan Hooten-Secretary, Jeslyn Johnson-Historian, Jamie Beal-Parlimentarian, Melissa Trotter-Reporter, Kelsey MacKintosh-Treasurer

Your High School Officers are:

Kimberlee Judd- President, Meghan Bingeley-Vice President, Anthony -secretary, Crystal Moore-Parlimentarian, Lauren -Historian, Hannah Holtry-reporter, Brayden-Treasurer.

The team really came together and I'm positive we are going to have a great year and an AMAZING OFFICER TEAM! The officers are really excited about the upcoming year and want to make it the best year for Utah SkillsUSA Students.

Hey

Okay so as an officer team this year one thing we want to do is show everyone what we are all about and what we do each year as an officer team. So the purpose of this blog is to let everyone get to know us better. I'm Rachel I am the State Officer Trainer and am managing this blog. (be patient with me I'm new to this whole thing) Soon I'll introduce you to the State Officers. We also want to be available to answer questions for any of you out there in the SkillsUSA world. So if you have any hit us up.